Search 1,000 of PHOTOS Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress. As of 2012, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards. Moore began her acting career in 1983 in minor roles, before joining the cast of the soap opera As the World Turns, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1988.